Gas-stove.



No. 767,701. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

- J. J. KONIGS.

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GAS STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28. 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS JOSEPH KONIGS, OF NET/V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE B. PHELPS, OF CAMDEN, MAINE.

GAS-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,701, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed January 28, 1904. Serial No. 190,98. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, J ULIUs JOSEPH KONIGS, a citizen of the United States,-and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Stoves,

.a single burner the entire top of the stove becomes heated and may be utilized for cooking purposes and that the oven may at the same time be employed for use in baking, roasting, or other kinds of cooking, the stove as a whole affording the maximum efliciency and convenience with the minimum consumption of gas.

The stove of my invention is of shallow box form mounted on legs and having a specially-constructed perforated top and specially constructed sliding or removable drawers upon which the material to be cooked may be introduced to and removed from the oven, and the stove as a whole is composed of a few detachable parts easily assembled and inexpensive of manufacture, the purpose being to provide a small portable inexpensive gas-stove for the convenience of persons not having or requiring or desiring a gas-range or the ordinary gas-stove.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gasstove constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section of same on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of same on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section through a portion of the top of the stove and is presented to more clearly illustrate the formation of the apertures in said top and the construction of the depending slotted flanges at the lower ends of said apertures. Fig. 5 is a detached bottom view of a small portion of the stove-top. Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of a removable annular support to be applied within the hole in the top of the stove over the burner. Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view of a part of the top of the stove and is presented to illustrate the formation of the flanges which depend from the lower surface thereof. Fig. 8 is a detached perspective view of the base-plate of the stove. Fig. 9 is a like view of one of the drawers for the oven of the stove, and Fig. 10 is a detached top View of the stove-lid.

In the drawings, denotes the base of the stove; 16, the box-like body mounted upon said base; 17, the supporting-legs; 18, the drawers for the oven of the stove; 19, the burner supported on the inner end of a pipe 20, and 21 a flexible tube for supplying gas to said pipe and burner in a familiar manner.

The base 15 is in the form of a sheet-metal plate having its longitudinal side edges turned upwardly to form the flanges 22, Fig. 8, and projecting portions at its ends (adjacent to said side edges) turned upwardly to form the flanges 23. The base-plate 15 is formed adjacent to its side edges with the apertures 24 for the admission of air.

The body 16 is of cast metal and at its lower edges sits closely within the flanges 22 and 23, which confine said body upon the base 15, but permit it to be raised therefrom. The body 16 has a top 25, provided over its surface with perforations 26 and having a central hole 27 over which may be placed a pot or a kettle or which may be closed by a lid 28, Fig. 10, as may be preferred. The top is provided with arms 29, extending inwardly from the edges of the hole 27 to sustain the lid 28 or any vessel that may be placed over said hole, and below this hole 27 is placed the burner 19, which is of usual construction and is disposed within the oven formed within the body 16, the pipe 20 for said burner being supported by bracket-arms 30 and extending through an opening 31 in the side of the body 16.

The body 16 'formswithin it the oven, and

said body has solid sides 32 and 32 and open ings 33 in its ends, these openings constituting the entrances to the said even.

The top of the body 16 is, as aforesaid, formed with the perforations 26, and these perforations are of special character and extend through the said top and also through lugs 34:, integral with and projecting downwardly from the lower surface of said top. The perforations 26 are of truncated-cone shape, and the lugs 3st form flanges surrounding the lower ends of said perforations, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 7, said flanges being notched or slotted, as at 35, to permit a controlled passage of the heat to said perforations.

- The lugs 34% extend dowmvardly below the to said perforations, the said top being thereby kept in a highly-heated state with the use of one burner and adapted to receive and heat at one time a variety of cooking utensils in addition to the one vessel which may at the time be over the hole 27.

I provide the top 25 with a removable annular support or ring 36, Fig. 6, formed of a sheet-metal band reinforced at its upper edge and provided with vertical slots 37, adapted to pass downwardly upon the arms 29, which sustain said ring 36, with the upper edge of the latter slightly above the upper surface of the top 25 in position to receive thereon a pot, kettle, or other vessel. The ring or support 36 extends downwardly to a point slightly below the upper surface of the burner 19, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and serves to direct the heat to such vessel as maybe placed upon said ring, the latter confining and directing the heat to such vessel and insuring the rapid heating of the same. The ring-support 36 may be placed upon and removed from the arms 29 at will, and it will be employed when it is desired to more than ordinarily quickly or intensely heat the contents of a vessel.

The drawers 18 are each formed from an individual piece of sheet metal, Fig. 9, bent up to form the vertical front 38 and the hori- Zontal shelf 39, said front being provided with a pull or handle 40 and said shelf having the upwardly-turned edge flanges 41 and downwardly-turned flanges 42, the latter constituting feet for supporting said shelf 39 above the base 15, whereby there is formed between said base and said shelf a chamber for the circulation of the heated air. The shelf 39 is provided with perforations 43 for the passage of the air. The front 38 of each drawer 18 is slightly larger than the openings 33 in the ends of the body 16, so that when the drawers 'are in position within said body the fronts 38 thereof may close said openings and lap over upon the solid metal surrounding the same. There is in the present instance a drawer 18 provided for each end of the stove, and when these drawers are in position their inner ends stand in close relation to each other adjacent to the transverse middle line of the oven, as shown in Fig. 2.

The stove as a whole is composed of but few parts, easily made and put together, the mainfeaturesof stove being the base 15, body 16, drawers 18, and a burner.

In the employment of the stove the gas at the burner will be lighted in the usual manner and the heat from the one burner will heat the oven and also the stove-top and permit cooking to be carried on within said oven and upon said top. The materials to be cooked within the oven will be introduced therein upon the shelves 39 of the drawers 18, the latter being capable of being withdrawn from and pushed into the oven at will. There is a circulation of the heated air above and below the shelves 39, and it has been found that the materials placed within the oven may be uniformly and properly cooked in aconvenient,

man-ner. The stove top becomes heated throughout, the oven forming an extended hot-air chamber below it and the effieiency of said top for cooking purposes being enhanced by the form of the perforations 26 and the presence of the independent lugs 34 depending from said top at the base of said perforations. l/Vhen during the use of the stove for cooking purposes it may not be desired to place a kettle or other vessel over the hole 27, the lid 28 may be placed over said hole to more freely confine the heat to the oven, and when said hole 27 is thus closed cooking may nevertheless be carried on upon the stove-top. The lid 28 may also be placed upon the hole 27 when it is desired to employ the stove simply for heating purposes.

The use of the supporting-ring 36 has been referred to hereinbefore. It may be added, however, that the ring 36 is provided at its upper edge with outlet-apertures 50.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The gas-stovecomprisingabox-likebody mounted on a base and having the perforated top, said body forming within it the oven directly below said top, combined with the burner in the upper part of said even for heating the latter and said top, and a sliding drawer for said oven, said drawer comprising the vertical front plate and horizontal shelf,

' forth..

2. The gas-stove comprising a box-like body mounted on abase and having the perforated top, said body forming within it the oven directly below said top, combined with the burner in the upper part of said oven for heating the latter'and said top, and a sliding drawer for said oven, said drawer comprising the vertical front plate and horizontal shelf, and said shelf being perforated and elevated above said base, which is formed with airinlets; substantially as set forth.

3. The gas-stove comprising a box-like body mounted on a base and having the perforated top, said body forming within it the oven directly below said top, combined with the burner in the upper part of said oven for heating the latter and said top, and sliding drawers for the opposite ends of said body, said drawers each having the vertical front plate and shelf and extending inwardly to about the transverse middle line of said oven; substantially as set forth.

4. The gas-stove comprising a box-like body mounted on a base and having the perforated topprovided with the independent lugs projecting downwardly from its lower surface through which lugs said perforations extend, said body forming within it the oven directly below said top, combined with the burner in the upper part of said oven for heating the latter and said top; substantially as set forth.

5. The gas-stove comprising a box-like body mounted on a base and having the perforated top provided with the independent lugs projecting downwardly from its lower surface through which lugs said perforations extend, said lugs being slotted horizontally, and said body forming within it the oven directly below said top, combined with the burner in the upper part of said oven for heating the latter and said top; substantially as set forth.

6. The gas-stove comprising a box-like body mounted on a base and having the perforated top provided with the independent lugs projecting downwardly from its lower surface through which lugs said perforations extend, said perforations being of truncated-cone outline, and said body forming within it the oven directly below said top, combined with the burner in the upper part of said oven for heating the latter and said top; substantially as set forth.

7. A gas-stove having the burner-hole in its top and provided with arms 29 extendinginwardly from the edges of said hole, combined with the removable annular supporting-band 36 having the slots 87 to straddle said arm; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this th day of January, A. D. 1904:.

JULIUS JOSEPH KONIGS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, ARTHUR MARION. 

